Tanzanian police declared an evening curfew in the country's largest city after hundreds protested on wednesday, tearing down banners of president samia suluhu hassan and burning a police station, as Tanzania was on lockdown with a communications blackout thursday, a day after elections turned into violent chaos with unconfirmed reports of many dead. Tanzania's main opposition party demanded monday the release of its top leaders who were detained in a mass roundup ahead of a banned youth day rally, a move condemned by rights activists as. The opposition and rights groups, as well as the us bureau of african affairs, have referenced the cases of the two in accusing president samia suluhu hassan of treading the same authoritarian. Tanzania's opposition leader tundu lissu was set to appear in court on thursday to face a charge of treason, which carries a potential death penalty, weeks after his party was disqualified from. An opposition leader is also on trial for treason in neighbouring uganda, while opposition movements face mounting pressure across multiple countries.
The white house said friday it had begun mass layoffs of federal workers as president donald trump sought to amp up pressure on opposition democrats to end a government shutdown that has crippled.
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